Schedule robocopy run

Question

I have Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. I need to copy files from network folder, I connected as a Z: drive. I need to schedule the copy. In scheduler I run it 1 time per 5 minutes, the

robocopy.exe Z:\ C:\destination /E

I've tried to put it to .bat file, tried to write in scheduler, it doesn't help. I've set run with highest privilegies...

Task Scheduler successfully completed task "\RoboCopy" , instance "{dd2d2d1c-4ef1-4e30-b226-4a77aa52dab9}" , action "C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe" with return code 16.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Is there some reason you are not providing a UNC to robocopy? I find that using a UNC is much more reliable then depending on a mapped drive in a scheduled task.

Answer 2

From technet -

Exit code16

Robocopy did not copy any files.  Check the command line parameters and verify that Robocopy has enough rights to write to the destination folder.

This sounds like it could be a permission issue. Scheduled tasks typically run as a separate user and your z: may not be accessible and mapped by the user used for the task.

I recommend running as a network user that has permission on the remote drive, and instead of using z:, use \\computer_name\share as this should get around the permission problem.

For a list of exit codes, look here - http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys/archive/2008/06/16/robocopy-exit-codes.aspx